Sec. 17a-791a. Employment of vocational rehabilitation staff.
Sec. 17a-862. Dementia Services Coordinator. Duties.
Sec. 17a-791a. Employment of vocational rehabilitation staff. The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services shall employ, within available appropriations, a sufficient number of vocational rehabilitation staff to provide transition services, as defined in section 10-74o, for children requiring special education who may be eligible to receive services from the Department of Aging and Disability Services as determined through a planning and placement team meeting pursuant to subdivision (9) of subsection (a) of section 10-76d.
(P.A. 23-137, S. 44.)
History: P.A. 23-137 effective July 1, 2023.
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Sec. 17a-861. (Formerly Sec. 17b-251). Connecticut Partnership for Long-Term Care: Outreach program established. The Office of Policy and Management shall establish an outreach program to educate consumers as to: (1) The need for long-term care; (2) mechanisms for financing such care; (3) the availability of long-term care insurance; and (4) the asset protection provided under sections 17b-252 to 17b-254, inclusive, and 38a-475. The Office of Policy and Management shall provide public information to assist individuals in choosing appropriate insurance coverage.
(P.A. 89-352, S. 4, 6; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 13-125, S. 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 307; P.A. 18-169, S. 31; P.A. 19-157, S. 59; P.A. 23-204, S. 290.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department on aging, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17a-307 transferred to Sec. 17b-251 in 1995; P.A. 13-125 replaced references to Department of Social Services with references to Department on Aging, effective July 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 replaced references to Department on Aging with references to Department of Social Services, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-169 replaced “Department of Social Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services”, effective June 14, 2018; P.A. 19-157 replaced “Department of Rehabilitation Services” with “Department of Aging and Disability Services”; Sec. 17b-251 transferred to Sec. 17a-861 in 2023; P.A. 23-204 replaced Department of Aging and Disability Services with Office of Policy and Management.
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Sec. 17a-862. Dementia Services Coordinator. Duties. There shall be within the Department of Aging and Disability Services a dementia services coordinator. The dementia services coordinator shall (1) coordinate dementia services across state agencies, (2) assess and analyze dementia-related data collected by the state, (3) evaluate state-funded dementia services, (4) identify and support the development of dementia-specific training programs, and (5) perform any other relevant duties to support individuals with dementia in the state, as determined by the Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services.
(P.A. 23-48, S. 6.)
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Sec. 17a-878. (Formerly Sec. 17a-415). Powers of ombudsman and representatives. Access to records, facilities and residents. Penalty for wilful interference with representatives of office. Confidentiality. Assistance from outside persons or entities. (a) The State Ombudsman and representatives of the office shall have:
(1) Access to long-term care facilities and residents;
(2) Appropriate access to review the medical and social records of a resident, including, but not limited to, the discharge plan developed pursuant to subsection (e) to section 19a-535, if (A) the representative of the office has the permission of the resident, or the legal representative of the resident, (B) the resident is unable to consent to the review and has no legal representative, or (C) access to the records is necessary to investigate a complaint and a resident representative refuses to give permission, a representative of the office has reasonable cause to believe that the resident representative is not acting in the best interests of the resident, and the representative of the office obtains the approval of the ombudsman;
(3) Access to the administrative records, policies and documents, to which the residents have, or the general public has access, of long-term care facilities; and
(4) Access to and, on request, copies of all licensing and certification records maintained by the state with respect to long-term care facilities.
(b) Any person or entity who wilfully interferes with representatives of the office in the performance of the official duties of the representatives of the office, or any long-term care facility or other entity which retaliates or exacts reprisals with respect to any resident, employee or other person for filing a complaint with, providing information to, or otherwise cooperating with any representative of the office, or long-term care facility which refuses to permit the State Ombudsman or any regional ombudsman or any residents' advocate entry into such facility or refuses to cooperate with the State Ombudsman, or any regional ombudsman or any residents' advocate in the carrying out of their mandated duties and responsibilities enumerated under sections 17a-412, 17a-413, 17a-870 to 17a-880, inclusive, 19a-531 and 19a-532 or refuses to permit residents or staff to communicate freely with the State Ombudsman or any regional ombudsman or any residents' advocate shall be subject to the penalty prescribed for a class B violation under section 19a-527.
(c) In carrying out the duties enumerated in sections 17a-412, 17a-413, 17a-870 to 17a-880, inclusive, 19a-531 and 19a-532, the State Ombudsman, the regional ombudsmen and the residents' advocates shall have access to all relevant public records, except that records which are confidential to a resident shall only be divulged with the written consent of the resident.
(d) In the performance of the duties and responsibilities enumerated under sections 17a-412, 17a-413, 17a-870 to 17a-880, inclusive, 19a-531 and 19a-532, the State Ombudsman, the regional ombudsmen and the residents' advocates may utilize any other state department, agency or commission, or any other public or private agencies, groups or individuals who are appropriate and who may be available.
(P.A. 77-575, S. 17, 23; P.A. 87-166, S. 4; P.A. 99-176, S. 11, 24; P.A. 18-6, S. 7; P.A. 23-48, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 87-166 made violations under Subsec. (a) subject to penalty prescribed for class B, rather than class D violations under Sec. 19a-527; Sec. 17-135k transferred to Sec. 17a-415 in 1991; Sec. 17a-415 transferred to Sec. 17b-410 in 1995; P.A. 99-176 substituted “resident” for “patient”, deleted reference to sections 19a-523, 19a-524, 19a-530 and 19a-554, inserted new Subsec. (a) re ombudsman and representatives' access to records, facilities and residents, redesignated former Subsec. (a) as Subsec. (b) and added provision re any person or entity who wilfully interferes with representatives of the office in the performance of official duties, or retaliations or reprisals by long-term care facilities, and redesignated former Subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively, effective July 1, 1999; Sec. 17b-410 transferred to Sec. 17a-415 in 2015; P.A. 18-6 replaced references to legal guardian with references to resident representative, and made technical changes, effective May 14, 2018; Sec. 17a-415 transferred to Sec. 17a-878 in 2023; P.A. 23-48 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding reference to discharge plan developed pursuant to Sec. 19a-535(e), effective June 13, 2023.
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